Friday 30th January 2015 – The River Thames Commemoration

The historic Havengore will again honour the great statesman, retracing the route taken exactly 50 years ago. The event on 30 January 2015 will be viewable live by those in London and televised for a wider national and international audience. Members of the Churchill family will be on board. The Company of Watermen and Lightermen will supply the boat crew in their ceremonial uniforms, and Scottish pipers will play as the Havengore slowly makes her way up river. The Havengore will be escorted by the duty boats from the Port of London Authority, the River Police, the Fire Service and the RNLI, and Tower Bridge will be raised in honour of the great Statesman as the small flotilla passes under the bridge.